§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of prisoners in civilian prisons, giving the number of men and women, respectively, in the South-West Region.
§ Mr. CarlisleOn 30th June there were 4,790 men and 44 women in prisons in the Prison Department South-West Region.
§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of beds in the hospital sections of the prisons in the South-West Region.
§ Mr. Carlisle: The number is 261.
§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have to share a prison cell in the South-West Region.
§ Mr. CarlisleOn 30th June, 1971, 2,031 persons were sleeping two or three in a cell.
§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vacancies there are in open prisons in the South-West Region.
§ Mr. Carlisle: About 60 on 30th June, 1971.